Psycho-Oncology : A Quick Reference on the Psychosocial Dimensions of Cancer Symptom Management.
Material type:
- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780199390670
- 616.99/40019
- RC262
Cover -- Series -- Psycho-Oncology -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- I Screening and Interventions -- 1 Screening Instruments -- 2 Pharmacological Interventions -- 3 Nonpharmacological Interventions -- II Psychiatric Emergencies and Disorders -- 4 Psychiatric Emergencies -- 5 Anxiety Disorders -- 6 Mood Disorders -- 7 Cognitive Disorders -- 8 Substance Abuse -- 9 Personality Disorders -- III Physical Symptom Management -- 10 Fatigue -- 11 Pain -- 12 Nausea and Vomiting -- 13 Sexual Dysfunction -- IV Communication Issues -- 14 Strategies for Giving Bad News -- 15 Supporting Parents with Cancer: Screening and Psycho-education -- 16 Spiritual and Religious Communication with Patients and Families -- V Issues Specific to Common Cancer Sites -- 17 Brain Cancer -- 18 Breast Cancer -- 19 Gastrointestinal Cancer -- 20 Genitourinary Cancer -- 21 Gynecological Cancer -- 22 Head and Neck Cancer -- 23 Hematological Cancer -- 24 Lung Cancer -- 25 Melanoma -- Appendix: National Resources -- Index.
Psycho-Oncology is a comprehensive handbook that provides best practice models for the management of psychological, cognitive, and social outcomes of adults living with cancer and their families. Chapters cover a wide range of topics including screening tools and interventions, psychiatric emergencies and disorders, physical symptom management, communication issues, and issues specific to common cancer sites. A resource section is appended to provide information on national services and programs.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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